This week I’ll tell you why I switched from SuperDuper! To Carbon Copy Cloner for my local backups and then give you a walk through of Carbon Copy Cloner and why I love it. I’ll then regale you with the story of how we actually got to go on a tour of SpaceX! I’ll give […]
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NC #757 Ken Case, DTNS Appearance, Landing Zone, Moving Podfeet, Fixing Bart’s Audio Player
I’m super excited about this week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond guest, and I am almost as excited about being on Daily Tech News Show again. I’ve got one more interview from MacTech with Landing Zone about their cool docks. I moved podfeet.com from one hosting company to another with no disruption in service. And […]
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Switching to Carbon Copy Cloner from SuperDuper! for Local Backups
I was watching the news last week during the awful California fires, and they interviewed a guy who only had time to grab his family and run out of their home before it was engulfed in flames. He told the reporter that he didn’t have time to get his laptop which had his children’s baby […]
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I Moved Podfeet and You Didn’t Even Notice – Bluehost → DigitalOcean
Problem to be Solved I have done something very drastic under the hood on podfeet.com and you haven’t even noticed! In a way, that’s a very good thing. I actually changed hosting companies for podfeet.com from Bluehost to DigitalOcean. Before we get into some nuts and bolts about that, let’s talk about the problem to […]
Continue readingMore TagA Story of Two Troys, Backblaze and a Lost Recording
We have a listener contribution for the show, but before I can give it to you, I have to tell you a story to set it up. As you most certainly recall, I did a nuke and pave of my MacBook Pro a few weeks ago for my installation of Mojave. I checked all of […]
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Nuke & Pave Install of Mojave (AKA Clean Install)
Partial list of tasks and apps organized in Wunderlist</figcaption/> One of the great things about being a tech blogger and podcaster is that just about anything I think is interesting has been fully documented. If I can’t remember how to do some complex technical task and I’ve ever accomplished it before, I’ve got a blog […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #663 Analogix SlimPort, Digital Zoom vs Optical Crop, Netgear Orbi, Klok, Acronis Backup, L’Oréal UV Sense, Security Bits
It’s another big big show, with four CES interviews with Analogix SlimPort video connectors, Netgear about their outdoor Orbi, Acronis backup solution, and L’Oréal’s UV Sense product. We’ve also got a photography tip by Rally about digital zoom vs cropping (followed by some fun experiments by me) and a review of the free iOS app […]
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2017 Year in Review Part 1 – What Am I Still Using?
I’ve always thought it might be interesting to look back on all of the products I’ve reviewed over the years and see what I’m still using. That would be a gargantuan effort, given that I’ve been doing this for over 12 years! But then I thought, maybe I could look at the past year and […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #644 MiX16 Pro, Snapchat Spectacles, Strategies to Introduce Someone to a Smart Phone, Backup Strategies, Teampaper Snap
Remember to join us in the live chartroom for the Apple announcement on Tuesday at podfeet.com/live. Allister Jenks brings us his journey as a podcaster going from Castblaster to MiX16 Pro, and Denise Crone gives us her first-hand review of Snapchat Spectacles. Steve and I convinced his mom to get her first smartphone and I’ll […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #642 B2 Storage from Backblaze, Capturing a Total Eclipse, iPhone Forerunners, Parallels Toolbox
In what can only be considered prescient, Allister Jenks has a review of Backblaze’s B2 log-term storage solutions right as CrashPlan bails on home customers. I’ll walk you through how Steve managed to capture video and create an awesome photo of the total solar eclipse, while still enjoying the experience with minimal camera fiddling. Ryan […]
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